János Scheffler

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Johann Scheffler
Blessed martyr Johann Scheffler, photograph from Magyar Kurír
martyr
birth October 29, 1887 , Kálmánd , Sathmar County (now in Romania )
death December 6, 1952 in Jilava ( Romania )
beatification July 3, 2011 by Cardinal Angelo Amato
canonization
martyr July 3, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.
Burial place Jilava , near Bucharest
Remembrance day 6th of December
Attributes Palm branch
Patronage Persecuted, bishops; Romania, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland

““ Renew everything in Christ ”“
Pope Pope Pius X

János Scheffler (born October 29, 1887 in Kálmánd , Sathmar County , Austria-Hungary ; † December 6, 1952 Jilava , Romania ) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Satu Mare and Oradea Mare . He was beatified on November 3, 2011.

Life

János Scheffler came from a poor background, attended high school in Satu Mare, studied theology at the theological faculty of the University of Budapest and was ordained a priest on July 6, 1906 . He studied in Rome and obtained a doctorate in canon law . He taught philosophy and theology in 1923 at the seminary in Satu Mare, in 1926 at the seminary in Oradea and from 1940 canon law at the University of Cluj .

On March 26, 1942, Pope Pius XII appointed him . to the bishop of Satu Mare. He received the episcopal ordination on May 17, 1942 by the Archbishop of Esztergom , Jusztinián György Cardinal Serédi OSB ; Co- consecrators were the bishop of Csanád , Gyula Glattfelder and the bishop of Košice , István Madarász . On April 9, 1948, after the two bishoprics were again merged, he was also appointed bishop of Oradea Mare.

On May 23, 1950, János Scheffler was arrested and placed under house arrest in the Franciscan monastery. On March 10, 1952, he was taken to Jilava Prison near Bucharest and tortured there. He died on December 6, 1952 and was buried anonymously. The exact location was noted by the prison's Orthodox pastor and showed it to a Catholic priest who secretly excavated the earthly remains. They were buried in the crypt of Satu Mare Cathedral; on June 17, 2011, she was placed in a side altar of the cathedral church.

Appreciation

In 1999, Bishop Dr. Johannes Scheffler was included in the German martyrology of the 20th century as a witness of faith .

beatification

Sel. János Scheffler

On July 3, 2011, he was celebrated in the main square in Satu Mare in the presence of Cardinal Angelo Amato , Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints , on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI. beatified. The main celebrant was Cardinal Péter Erdő .

literature

Helmut Moll (publisher on behalf of the German Bishops' Conference), witnesses for Christ. Das deutsche Martyrologium des 20. Jahrhundert , Paderborn et al. 1999, 7th revised and updated edition 2019, ISBN 978-3-506-78012-6 , vol. II, pp. 1198–1199.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pope Pius X., Apostolic circular at the same time his inaugural encyclical: E supremi apostolatus of October 4, 1903: Omnia restaurare in Christo
  2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio, 1951
  3. ↑ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 113 b / c2
  4. ↑ Revue des Ordinations Épiscopales, 1942 edition, no.22
  5. ↑ Beatification of Bishop János Scheffler Great church event in Sathmar in Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania, June 27, 2011, accessed on March 26, 2015
predecessor Office successor
István Fiedler Bishop of Oradea Mare and Satu Mare
1948–1952 		---
Tibor Boromisza Bishop of Satu Mare
1942–1948 		Pál Reizer
personal data
SURNAME Scheffler, János
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church of Oradea Mare and Satu Mare
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Kálmánd
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1952
Place of death Jilava